CADV Receives Notice of Major Funding Cuts

For Immediate Release:
CADV Receives Notice of Major Funding Cuts

The Committee Against Domestic Violence received a fax from the State of Nevada informing the organization the grant funded through Marriage License revenues ($10 from each marriage license purchased in Nevada) will be reduced by 25%, effective July 1. This grant is core money for operations at Harbor House and essential for victim services at CADV. For CADV this 25% reduction equals $34,115 less dollars not only next year but in all probability the following year.

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Teen tech tormentors: what’s a parent to do?

Article originally published by Yahoo.

Teen tech tormentors: what’s a parent to do?

By Lisa Baertlein Fri Feb 16, 1:18 PM ET

When Boston University sophomore Kendrick Sledge was 14, incessant phone calls alerted her parents to her relationship with an abusive and controlling older boy, who would threaten suicide or a return to using drugs if she tried to break up with him.

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